Australia named 15 member squad for India Test Series

Australia opener Phillip Hughes has returned to the squad while young 19-year-old fast bowler Josh Hazlewood, has also won a place in the 15-man pool for the tour of India in October. Nathan Hauritz has also returned to the squad.

“The squad we have selected sees the return from injury of Phillip Hughes,” Andrew Hilditch, the chairman of selectors, said. ” It includes a very good mix of experience and new young talent with Steven Smith, Hughes and two young fast bowlers in Peter George and Josh Hazlewood.”

Fast bowler Peter Siddle and wicket keeper Brad Haddin miss the bus for India Test Series due to injury problem.Siddle is still recovering from his back injury while Haddin from his wrist injury.Tim Paine will keep wickets for Australia in place of Brad Haddin

Australia: Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke (vice-capt), Doug Bollinger, Peter George, Nathan Hauritz, Josh Hazlewood, Ben Hilfenhaus, Phillip Hughes, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Simon Katich, Marcus North, Tim Paine (wk), Steven Smith and Shane Watso

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Pakistan vs Somerset Warm up match 2010 Scorecard

Pakistanis 264 (47.3 ov)

Somerset 256/9 (50.0 ov)

Pakistanis won by 8 runs

Pakistanis innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s
Mohammad Hafeez c de Bruyn b Turner 0 11 7 0 0
Shahzaib Hasan c Turner b de Bruyn 105 164 120 10 2
Azhar Ali c Gregory b Turner 0 2 3 0 0
Mohammad Yousuf run out (Trego) 26 24 24 5 0
Fawad Alam b Turner 97 140 107 7 2
Shahid Afridi* c de Bruyn b Gregory 2 9 4 0 0
Abdul Razzaq c Hildreth b Gregory 2 6 5 0 0
Kamran Akmal not out 12 19 10 1 0
Umar Gul c †Buttler b Gregory 0 1 3 0 0
Saeed Ajmal lbw b Gregory 0 1 2 0 0
Shoaib Akhtar run out (Trego) 4 5 3 1 0
Total (all out; 47.3 overs) 264
Fall of wickets1-6 (Mohammad Hafeez, 3.1 ov), 2-6 (Azhar Ali, 3.4 ov), 3-42 (Mohammad Yousuf, 9.6 ov), 4-211 (Shahzaib Hasan, 40.2 ov), 5-238 (Shahid Afridi, 43.1 ov), 6-245 (Fawad Alam, 44.1 ov), 7-252 (Abdul Razzaq, 45.1 ov), 8-252 (Umar Gul, 45.4 ov), 9-252 (Saeed Ajmal, 45.6 ov), 10-264 (Shoaib Akhtar, 47.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
CM Willoughby 10 2 49 0 4.90
ML Turner 9 0 52 3 5.77
L Gregory 10 1 49 4 4.90
PD Trego 7.3 0 31 0 4.13
MTC Waller 5 0 39 0 7.80
Z de Bruyn 6 0 38 1 6.33

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England v Pakistan 4th Test Day 4 (2010) Post Match Presentation

Match Result: England beat Pakistan by an innings and 225 runs
Series Status: England wins the 4-Test series 3-1

Stuart Broad is the Man of the Match for his 169 and three wickets in the match. His world record stand with Trott changed the entire state of the match.

Jonathan Trott is England’s Man of the Series for his consistent batting performance. His 404 runs in the entire series, which included two half centuries and a century here at Lords gave England the upper hand in the series.

Mohammad Aamer is Pakistan’s Man of the Series for his outstanding bowling display. He was the only bright spot for Pakistan and ended up as the leading wicket taker for Pakistan with 19 wickets in the series with two five wicket hauls, including a career-best 6/84 in this test.

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England v Pakistan 4th Test Day 4 Highlights

Pakistan tour of England, 4th Test: England v Pakistan at Lord’s, Aug 26-30, 2010

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England v Pakistan 4th Test Day 4 (2010) Scorecard

Match Result: England beat Pakistan by an innings and 225 runs
Man of the match:
Stuart Broad
Series Status:
England wins the 4-Test series 3-1

England Total: 446 for 10 in 139.2 overs Run Rate: 3.2
England 1st Innings
Batsman Status Runs Balls 4′s 6′s
Andrew Strauss (C) b Mohammad Asif 13 37 0 0
Alastair Cook c Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Aamer 10 37 1 0
Jonathan Trott c Kamran Akmal b Wahab Riaz 184 383 19 0
Kevin Pietersen c Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Aamer 0 1 0 0
Paul Collingwood lbw b Mohammad Aamer 0 3 0 0
Eoin Morgan c Yasir Hameed b Mohammad Aamer 0 3 0 0
Matt Prior (W) c Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Aamer 22 72 2 0
Graeme Swann c Azhar Ali b Mohammad Aamer 0 2 0 0
Stuart Broad lbw b Saeed Ajmal 169 297 18 1
James Anderson c Yasir Hameed b Saeed Ajmal 6 14 1 0
Steven Finn not out 0 1 0 0
Extras : 42 (b – 4, w – 7, nb – 14, lb – 17, Penalty – 0)
Fall of wickets:1/31 (Andrew Strauss 11.1 ov.), 2/39 (Alastair Cook 13 ov.), 3/39 (Kevin Pietersen 14.1 ov.), 4/39 (Paul Collingwood 14.4 ov.), 5/47 (Eoin Morgan 16.1 ov.), 6/102 (Matt Prior 38.2 ov.), 7/102 (Graeme Swann 38.4 ov.), 8/434 (Stuart Broad 134.2 ov.), 9/446 (James Anderson 138.5 ov.), 10/446 (Jonathan Trott 139.2 ov.)
Bowlers Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides Noballs Econ
Mohammad Aamer 28 6 84 6 1 4 3
Mohammad Asif 29 6 97 1 0 2 3.34
Wahab Riaz 27.2 4 92 1 2 8 3.38
Saeed Ajmal 44 5 126 2 0 0 2.86
Yasir Hameed 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Imran Farhat 10 1 26 0 0 0 2.6

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Match Fxing Allegation made by the ‘News of the World’ on Pak Cricketers

Read the whole  Story to this fresh Allegation that has shaken the world cricket

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India v Srilanka Final Tri Series Scorecard (2010)

Post Match Presentation Highlights Summary

Result: Sri Lanka won by 74 runs
Player of the match
TM Dilshan (Sri Lanka)
Player of the series
V Sehwag (India)

Sri Lanka Total: 299 for 8 in 50.0 overs Run Rate: 5.98
Sri Lanka Innings
Batsman Status Runs Balls 4′s 6′s
Mahela Jayawardene c Dinesh Karthik b Ishant Sharma 39 67 5 0
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Ishant Sharma b Praveen Kumar 110 115 12 1
Upul Tharanga c MS Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 6 9 1 0
Kumar Sangakkara (C) (W) c Rohit Sharma b Munaf Patel 71 62 7 1
Chamara Kapugedara c Dinesh Karthik b Ashish Nehra 12 10 2 0
Angelo Mathews c Rohit Sharma b Ishant Sharma 1 4 0 0
Chamara Silva not out 26 21 2 0
Thissara Perera c MS Dhoni b Munaf Patel 6 8 0 0
Suraj Randiv run out (Munaf Patel) 4 4 1 0
Nuwan Kulasekara not out 0 0 0 0
Lasith Malinga
Extras : 24 (b – 0, w – 12, nb – 0, lb – 12, Penalty – 0)
Fall of wickets:1/121 (Mahela Jayawardene 20.2 ov.), 2/132 (Upul Tharanga 23.4 ov.), 3/217 (Tillakaratne Dilshan 39.5 ov.), 4/242 (Chamara Kapugedara 42.3 ov.), 5/258 (Angelo Mathews 44 ov.), 6/261 (Kumar Sangakkara 44.4 ov.), 7/294 (Thissara Perera 49.1 ov.), 8/298 (Suraj Randiv 49.5 ov.)
Bowlers Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides Noballs Econ
Praveen Kumar 10 0 72 1 5 0 7.2
Munaf Patel 9 1 43 2 1 0 4.78
Ashish Nehra 10 0 60 1 5 0 6
Ishant Sharma 8 0 54 2 1 0 6.75
Yuvraj Singh 8 0 37 1 0 0 4.63
Virender Sehwag 5 0 21 0 0 0 4.2

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India v Srilanka Final Tri Series (2010) Match Highlights

Sri Lanka Triangular Series, Final: Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla, Aug 28, 2010

Hours of play (local time): 14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15

Part I Video Link here

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